Chilean cement producer Cementos Bío Bío reported a 41.6 per cent reduction in first-quarter revenues to CLP67.93m (US$100,704) from CLP76.84m in 1Q16, according its report to the Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (SVS).
EBITDA fell from CLP30.03m in the first three months of 2016 to CLP26.05m in Jan-Mar 2017. Net profit nearly halved from CLP4.43m to CLP2.59m.

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